The Startup Nation is aptly named. Cities like Haifa and Jerusalem are hosting hubs of startups, creating a real ecosystem at the Nation scale.

Technion students and graduates are representing the Althought Technion is part of Haifa, most of the more innovative startups are not even located in this area – as they operate around the world.

So what are the pillars of Haifa?

We can easily quote the aerospace and defense company Elbit Systems – $6 billion stock market capitalization. Haifa’s position as an important hub is as well supported by the presence of multinationals like Intel, Google, Apple, Cisco Systems etc. and by universities and technology transfer offices as Technion’s T³.